Law and Religion Headlines
Friday, 21 November 2014
Kenyan city of Mombasa tense after mosque closures
(Fredrick Nzwili, Religion News Service)
The psychology of Jihad: who’s most at risk for falling into the web of radicalism?
(Catherine Shakdam, Mint Press News)
Sociology professor who banned full-faced veil in class killed in Bangladesh
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Japan gearing up for more Muslim tourists
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
Indonesia drafts new law for religious freedom
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Netanyahu condemns discrimination against Arabs in southern Israeli town
(I 24 News)
Anglican-Catholic dialogues discuss marriage, physician-assisted suicide
(Anglican Communion News Service)
Society ‘content’ with release of Bibles in Sarawak, urges no repeat of incident
(The Malaysian Insider)
Uganda plans to pass new version of anti-gay law by Christmas: lawmaker
(Elias Biryabarema, Reuters)
Tunisians are shaken as young women turn to extremism
(Carlotta Gall, The New York Times)
Fears grow in India about Hindu 'Modi-fication' of education
(Andrew Macaskill and Rupam Jain Nair, Reuters)
Laotian Christians evicted from village for refusing to renounce faith
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
China detains an American who assists North Koreans
(Jane Perlez, The New York Times)
Several injured in West Bank clashes
(JTA)
Pressure mounts on Pakistan to curb Muslim "hate speech": Catholic bishops of Pakistan are appealing to the government over abuse of "blasphemy laws"
(Anto Akkara, Aleteia)
From Golden Temple to Rampal siege: Why it's so hard to deal with India's religious standoffs
(Rohan Venkataramakrishnan, Quartz India)
Indonesia drafts new law for religious freedom: New law to protect religious freedom for minorities
(Alison Lesley, World Religion News)
Muslims must reach out to Dalits, other communities
(Aijaz Zaka Syed, Arab News)
Thursday, 20 November 2014
'Islam has nothing to do with IS group's atrocities'
(Arab News)
Egypt’s first female genital mutilation trial ends in not guilty verdict
(Patrick Kingsley, The Guardian)
Humanum on YouTube [Videos from the Vatican Summit on Families]
Interview with an Islamic State recruiter: 'Democracy is for infidels'
(Interview conducted by Hasnain Kazim, Spiegel Online International)
Threat for India: Islamic State, Al Qaeda and Taliban
(Saroj Kumar Rath, Yale Global Online)
Vatican Summit: Global Faith Leaders discuss marriage
(List of Links, Mormon Newsroom)
Husband of Pakistani Christian woman pleads for blasphemy pardon
(Jon Boone, The Guardian)
Christians, Muslims unite for justice over couple burned in kiln
(Catholic News Agency)
Amid Syrian refugee relief, Christians and Muslims find fellowship
(Kevin Jones, Catholic News Agency)
Remembering the Druze officer who died defending the Jerusalem synagogue
(Yair Rosenberg, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Vatican marriage conference hears top scholars, global clergy
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
Religion vs the individual
(Somasekhar Sundaresan, Pune Mirror)
A Hindu "living goddess" chooses to study with Catholics
(Christopher Sharma, AsiaNews.it)
Respect opinions: Religious freedom subject to upholding order
(Sarah Eleazar, The Express Tribune with the International New York Times)
Patriarch of Baghdad to Muslim leaders: Unbefitting silence on the Islamic State, a Nazism in the name of Islam
(Louis Raphael I Sako, AsiaNews.it)
Land for mosque in Cuba is ready, says Turkish Religious Affairs official
(Hürriyet Daily News)
Nigerians warned against religious, ethnic sentiments ahead 2015
(Geoff Iyatse, Punch)
North Korea refutes war crimes charge and says human rights system is ‘advantageous’
(Peter Popham, The Independent)
Uganda lawmakers draft new anti-gay bill
(Elizabeth LaForgia, JURIST)
UN sends strong signal to Iran on human rights
(Bahá'í World News Service)
At least 45 dead in 'despicable' Boko Haram attack
(The Telgraph)
Demolition orders given to four families of Palestinian terrorists
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Myanmar journalists draft religion newswriters resolution on overing religious freedom and conflict
(Brian Pellot, RNS Blog: On Freedom)
Islamic State violence condemned as Saudi Arabia backs inter-faith gathering
(Michael Shields, Christian Today)
Nigerian Archbishop on Boko Haram: We must storm the heavens with prayers
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Korean-American Christian aid worker held by Chinese authorities
(Cath Martin, Christian Today)
Rampal ("the godman") held at ashram after six die in violent stand-off
(Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar, The Hindu)
Fugitive Guru arrested after standoff with police
(Ellen Barry and Hari Kumar, The New York Times)
Myanmar: Why the Islamic State failed here
(Aparupa Bhattacherjee, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Indonesia revises Islamic banking rules as industry growth slides
(Bernardo Vizcaino and Gayatri Suroyo, Reuters)
Aboriginal medicine ruling sparks instant controversy
(Alyshah Hasham, The Toronto Star)
New government in Indonesia does an about-face on religious freedom
(Ruth Kramer, Mission Network News)
Fear of deadly ‘religious war’ between Jews and Muslims raised after synagogue attack
(William Booth and Ruth Eglash, The Washington Post)
EVENT, 20 November 2014: The pragmatic case for freedom of religion or belief
(Dr. Brian J. Grim, University of Notre Dame Australia School of Law)
Wednesday, 19 November 2014
Pakistan: Why are Christians being persecuted?
(Roomana Hukil, Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies)
Haryana: 200 injured in clashes between police and followers of a Hindu guru (accused of murder)
(AsiaNews.it)
As Ahok, a Christian and ethnic Chinese, becomes the first non-Muslim to lead Jakarta, Islamists rage
(Mathias Hariyadi, AsiaNews.it)
For Indian bishop, Christian-Muslim dialogue needs actions, not words
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Yujiang's underground bishop released but under police surveillance
(AsiaNews.it)
Argentine students paint over anti-Semitic graffiti in public park
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
B.C. may revoke consent for Christian law school
(Andrea Woo, The Globe and Mail)
New Brunswick law society council re-voting on Trinity Western decision
(CBC News (New Brunswick))
TWU statement regarding Ministry of Advanced Education letter
(Press Release, Trinity Western University)
#saveallepo - International movement urges ceasefire in the Syrian city
(Andrea Gagliarducci, Catholic News Agency)
Land for death: Israel may face a wrenching choice between its democracy and Jewishness. And that's normal.
(Lee Smith, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Sectarianism comes back to bite Saudi Arabia
(Toby Matthiesen, Washington Post)
The bureaucratization of religion in Southeast Asia: expanding or restricting religious freedom?
(Tomas Larsson and Mirjam Künkler, Euro Seas)
Japan: A landmark court decision! Payment for attempted forceful change of religion
(Willy Fautré, Human Rights Without Frontiers, Forum for Religious Freedom Europe)
Global Terrorism Index finds soaring rise in attacks; sees religious ideology links
(Henri Rose Cimatu, Ecumenical News)
The good left, the seedy left, and the Kurds
(Paul Berman, Tablet: A New Read on Jewish Life)
Iranian official Ayatollah Khamenei warns against Islamophobia
(Iran Review)
Death penalty for Pakistan woman turned on technicality
(Asif Aqeel, World Watch Monitor)
Pakistani Court plans to fix 'legal glitch' that led to Asia Bibi's death sentence
(Carey Lodge, Christian Today)
Pakistan family sentenced to death over 'honor killing'
(Al Jazeera America)
Four sentenced to death for Pakistan 'honour killing'
(BBC News)
Pope Francis hosts high level conference on marriage
(Sheila Liaugminas, MercatorNet)
Muslim, Christian, Jewish leaders unite to condemn jihadi violence
(Michael Shields and Shadia Nasralla, Reuters)
Christians and Muslims have co-existed peacefully before and must do so again
(Fuad Nahdi, The Guardian)
Kenyan police arrest 109 at mosques, seize explosives
(Joseph Akwiri, Reuters)
Iraq's Arbaeen pilgrims walk new, safer path
(Wassim Bassem, trans. Pascale Menassa, Al-Monitor: Iraq Pulse)
Vatican calls on United Nations to protect religious minorities in Iraq
(Vatican Radio)
Indonesia government under fire for treatment of religious minorities
(Ryan Dagur and Katharina R. Lestari, UCA News)
Hong Kong protests escalate as government building invaded
(James Pomfret, Christian Today)
Christian takes the helm in Jakarta despite Muslim hardliner protests
(Randy Fabi, Christian Today)
New Jakarta governor is Christian, but some Indonesian Muslims protest
(Miko Morelos, Ecumenical News)
Indonesian capital gets a Christian governor
(Niniek Karmini, The Associated Press, The Big Story)
In Jerusalem’s ‘war of neighbors,’ the differences are not negotiable
(Jodi Rudoren, The New York Times)
North Korea accuses South of aggravating tensions over Christmas tree
(Robert Lauler, The Guardian)
Indian ashram standoff leaves at least six dead
(The Guardian)
EVENT, 17-19 November 2014: An International Interreligious Colloquium on the Complementarity of Man and Woman - Day 3
(Program, Vatican City)
Tuesday, 18 November 2014
Jerusalem terror attack "strikes at soul" of Jews worldwide
(Daniel Burke, CNN Belief Blog)
Libertad religiosa en Brasil: Un país que lucha contra la discriminación religiosa
(Aleteia)
Tamil Nadu, 100 Hindu radicals attack a Christian community
(Nirmala Carvalho, AsiaNews.it)
Global festival to recognise Jamaica's impressive religious freedom
(Jamaica Observer)
The patient body: Tending to one another
(Ann Neumann, The Revealer (NYU))
The Reformation will be televised: On ISIS, religious authority and the allure of textual simplicity
(Suzanne Schneider, The Revealer (NYU))
Palestinian attackers kill 5 at Jerusalem synagogue, including 3 Americans
(Ruth Eglash, Daniela Deane and Brian Murphy, Washington Post)
Deadly Jerusalem synagogue attack puts Israel close to brink
(Peter Beaumont, The Guardian)
Jerusalem on edge as Israel vows ‘harsh response’ to synagogue attack
(Al Jazeera)
Israel on edge after five are killed in attack on synagogue
(Jodi Rudoren and Isabel Kershner, The New York Times)
After attacks in Jerusalem, growing fears of religious war
(Ahmad Malhem, Al-Monitor: Palestine Pulse)
Jerusalem attacks unlikely to portend a third Palestinian intifada
(Dalia Hatuqa, Al Jazeera)
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